Protesters in Syria’s Suwayda demand release of abductees, aid access
SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press) – Hundreds of residents in the city of Suwayda, southern Syria, staged on Saturday a protest, calling for the release of abductees and the opening of a humanitarian corridor to allow aid delivery.
Khaled al-Abdullah, one of the demonstrators, told North Press that “We gathered today in al-Karama Square for one main purpose to demand the release of the women abducted from Suwayda.”
He also urged the United Nations to intervene and establish civilian protection points in the area.
Afaf al-Aridi, another participant, stressed the urgent need to open humanitarian corridors, noting that the aid currently reaching the region covers only “barely 10% of the civilians displaced from their homes in 34 villages.”
She emphasized that protesters’ main demand remains the unconditional release of the forcibly disappeared and the creation of an independent international commission of inquiry.